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Does it make you giggle to think about a beaver going Christmas shopping at a dollar store? If so, you’ll be even more tickled to know this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about an animal waltzing into a human business like it belonged there. Heck, this isn’t even the first time we’ve heard about a beaver doing that.

Witnesses at a dollar store in Charlotte Hall, MD said they saw a beaver perusing the Christmas decorations aisle on Monday, WJLA reports. Police were called when the beaver reportedly caused property damage to the store.

The busy beaver tried to flee when the wonderfully-named Corporal Yingling arrived on the scene, but was safely apprehended by Animal Control and eventually released to a wildlife rehabilitator. St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office said. We do hope he was released with a new name in honor of that police officer, because Corporal Yingling is just a fantastic name.

The beaver tweet may go viral! All joking aside, the beaver was safely rescued by animal control & was released to a wildlife rehabilitator. pic.twitter.com/0VyLXJPjxh